Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States
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Jeanette J. Epps (1970- )
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Ferdinand Christopher Smith (1893-1961)
US Supreme Court
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(1995) Adarand Constructors, Inc., v. Pena

Explore Global African History

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The TransPacific Struggle over Citizenship: Seeking Welfare Rights in Kawasaki City, Japan and Los Angeles, California,1962-1982
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Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892-1975)
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St. Benedict the Moor (1526-1589)
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Bernie Grant (1944-2000)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Working the Quincy Mill: African American Lumber Mill Workers in Northern California, 1926-1955
Migrant Mother Holds Her Baby, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1940
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In Praise of Mayme Clayton: Images of the African American West
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Searching for John Grider, an African American Bear Flag Veteran
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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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